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I hate the word 'stink'. What words do you hate for no real reason?

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wellthatsfuckedup · 27/08/2023 18:33

I dunno if it's just because I dislike it so much, but 'stink' or 'stinky' or 'stinking' seems to be written regularly on different posts. I hate it and no idea why really it's just a word Grin

It's not even like it evokes an unpleasant memory, like of an awful odour or something. I have no logical reason for my not liking the word. Maybe just the way the k looks kind of sharp at the end, and abruptly finishes the word? And of course it does mean and unpleasant thing, whereas the word 'slink' does not necessarily...See, I told you it made no sense.

Also, belly. Again I can't really say why I don't like this word. I don't have such a violent dislike as in I don't mind other people using it, but would never use it myself.

What words do you hate for totally illogical reasons?

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KnobbingtonKnobberson · 28/08/2023 20:28

I know of someone who married a Mr.Smellie and took his name. Absolutely mindboggling.

'Hello my name is Jane Smellie'

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There was someone. Olive Smelt. Did she?

MasterBeth · 02/03/2025 22:12

DancingCactusFlower · 02/03/2025 19:06

Toenail

Wha..?

PassingStranger · 02/03/2025 22:09

Stench, poonami.

FNDandme · 02/03/2025 19:18

Moist 😬

DancingCactusFlower · 02/03/2025 19:06

Toenail

DemelzaandRoss · 02/03/2025 18:47

I hate the word ‘turd’.
It’s just so lower deck.
Also as a pp mentioned, ‘dump’ & ‘shit’.
My mother was a bit like Hyacinth B’ucket, so that’s probably why!!

Gonksmum · 02/03/2025 16:48

Some PPs have mentioned:

Panties (argh!)
Stinky ( bit too American ( sorry!) and seems to have replaced " smelly". Don't mind " stink" though, oddly.
Eateries
Moniker
Doggo ( the horror!)
Sweet treats
Belly
"Welcome(d) a baby"
To "offer" food items

CatsWhiskerz · 02/03/2025 15:33

The phrase 'eyes on stalks' 😵‍💫
Gusset
Boobs, boobie or boobage
Flaccid
Clunge
🤢

Abhannmor · 02/03/2025 15:33

Wreaked as the past tense of Wreak. It's not wrong ....just sounds weird and rhymes with Reeked. Please use Wrought 😭

Fountofwisdom · 02/03/2025 14:52

‘Wee’ and ‘pee’ both make me boke. I can actually smell urine in my nostrils when someone says either. If someone announces they are going for a wee or a pee, it puts me right off them. No need to announce it, and the words are both eeuwwww 😱

MasterBeth · 02/03/2025 14:42

Mum, when teachers or nurses use it as a name, rather than saying "her mum" or "his mum".

Setting, as a noun, like a nursery setting.

Glands.

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ExquisiteSocialSkills · 02/03/2025 14:08

All the usual suspects here although I’ve never seen ‘unprecedented’ or ‘ramekin’ on one of these threads before.
Glad to see a few people speaking out about ‘supper’ (shudder).

SleepDeprivedButAlive · 02/03/2025 14:03

Bookish.
Poorly.

cinnamongirl123 · 02/03/2025 13:59

Penis. The word is just disgusting imo. I do like the thing itself, just hate the word

excelledyourself · 02/03/2025 13:27

Nourishing

And 'supper' as others have said.

MasterBeth · 02/03/2025 13:09

"Makes my teeth itch"
Fur babies
Using an adjective of nationality as a singular noun, e.g. referring to Christiano Ronaldo as "the Portuguese", or referring to Roger Federer as "the Swiss".

SunshinDay · 02/03/2025 13:00

Supper is also very hard to hear 🤣🤣
If you're truly posh I can just tolerate it otherwise it sounds dire

SunshinDay · 02/03/2025 12:59

Minging. When someone says it I relate the awful word to them rather than what they calling "mingin,"

MasterBeth · 02/03/2025 12:58

wellthatsfuckedup · 27/08/2023 18:40

@FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar

I love supper. Sounds cosy and comfortable to me Grin

What does it evoke in you?

Supper to me evokes pretension, poshness, smugness, infantilism.

I can't watch or read Nigel Slater talking about having a bowl of pasta for supper. Insufferable.

And then my Yorkshire in-laws use it in a totally different way, as a biscuit at bedtime. But that's because they've eaten their tea at 5.30. Also insufferable.

So, "supper".

CruCru · 02/03/2025 12:43

Weirdly, I hate the words “nurturing” and “hothouse” when describing schools. Mainly because they don’t mean the same things to everyone - what one person describes as nurturing, another will describe as stifling.

northernballer · 28/02/2025 21:04

Discharge.

'I'm going to discharge the patient now' makes me boak

Snickerdoodlecabbagepatch · 28/02/2025 21:03

The phrase 'well done' when applied to something where the person hasn't actually done anything well.

So for example, person wins a competition by picking a random number, and their number is chosen as the winner. Then people say 'well done (name)'. They didn't bloody do anything, and if they did it could possibly be described as difficult anyway😠

Loub1987 · 28/02/2025 20:51

Not a word, a phase ‘clever girl’. It is always used condescendingly in my experience.

Wiseplumant · 28/02/2025 20:20

A sweet nod to......
Grinned
Grabbed or grab, as in 'grab a coffee'
Happy days
It is what it is
Portion
Fresh fruit
That's all I can think of for now but I'm sure thete are more.